Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system
Service crops are grown to provide ecosystem services, such as the ability to increase soil organic matter and fertility. Also, they reduce erosion processes, weed control, disease regulation, water purification, soil biodiversity, and physical restoration. The physical arrangement of elemental part...
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| author | Ducci, María Antonella Aban, Carla Luciana Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina Vargas Gil, Silvina Acreche, Martin Moises Perez Brandan, Carolina |
| author_browse | Aban, Carla Luciana Acreche, Martin Moises Ducci, María Antonella Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina Perez Brandan, Carolina Vargas Gil, Silvina |
| author_facet | Ducci, María Antonella Aban, Carla Luciana Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina Vargas Gil, Silvina Acreche, Martin Moises Perez Brandan, Carolina |
| author_sort | Ducci, María Antonella |
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| description | Service crops are grown to provide ecosystem services, such as the ability to increase soil organic matter and fertility. Also, they reduce erosion processes, weed control, disease regulation, water purification, soil biodiversity, and physical restoration. The physical arrangement of elemental particles in soil aggregates controls many ecosystem functions such as soil stability and carbon sequestration. This study aimed to analyze the short-term effect of including different service crops on the soil aggregate dynamics in a degraded common bean monoculture system and how it influences the rhizospheric microbial activity, carbon, and nitrogen microbial biomass. Here, we measured soil water-stable aggregates, particulate and associated organic carbon, soil microbial biomass, microbial activity, service crop aerial biomass, and cash crop yield in bulk soils during the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 agricultural cycles. Soil samples from depths of 0–10 cm from five management treatments (annual service crop/common bean) were analyzed under no-tillage: 1) Oat (O) = Avena sativa/common bean; 2) Wheat (W) = Triticale/common bean; 3) Vetch (V) = Vicia villosa/common bean; 4) Melilotus (Me) = Melilotus alba/common bean; 5) common bean monoculture (M) = common bean without service crop. Additionally, two controls were analyzed: 6) Brachiaria perennial (BP) = Brachiaria brizantha perennial; 7) Native vegetation (NV). Service crops significantly increased aggregate stability, mean weight diameter, particulate matter and associated organic carbon, promoting the formation of large macroaggregates (0.25–2 mm and > 2 mm). This led to an increase in carbon stocks. Microbial activity expressed as hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate and acid phosphatase activity, increased in the largest fraction for all service crops. Vicia improved surface residues; on average all service crops increased the common bean yield by 107.25 %. In summary, Vicia represents the best alternative as a service crop to improve the quality and health of degraded monoculture soils. |
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| spelling | INTA188582024-08-08T10:27:14Z Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system Ducci, María Antonella Aban, Carla Luciana Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina Vargas Gil, Silvina Acreche, Martin Moises Perez Brandan, Carolina Ecosystem Services Soil Monoculture Soil Structural Units Servicio de los Ecosistemas Suelo Monocultivo Unidad Estructural del Suelo Soil Water-stable Aggregates Service Crop Biomass Common Bean Yield Microbial Activities Service crops are grown to provide ecosystem services, such as the ability to increase soil organic matter and fertility. Also, they reduce erosion processes, weed control, disease regulation, water purification, soil biodiversity, and physical restoration. The physical arrangement of elemental particles in soil aggregates controls many ecosystem functions such as soil stability and carbon sequestration. This study aimed to analyze the short-term effect of including different service crops on the soil aggregate dynamics in a degraded common bean monoculture system and how it influences the rhizospheric microbial activity, carbon, and nitrogen microbial biomass. Here, we measured soil water-stable aggregates, particulate and associated organic carbon, soil microbial biomass, microbial activity, service crop aerial biomass, and cash crop yield in bulk soils during the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 agricultural cycles. Soil samples from depths of 0–10 cm from five management treatments (annual service crop/common bean) were analyzed under no-tillage: 1) Oat (O) = Avena sativa/common bean; 2) Wheat (W) = Triticale/common bean; 3) Vetch (V) = Vicia villosa/common bean; 4) Melilotus (Me) = Melilotus alba/common bean; 5) common bean monoculture (M) = common bean without service crop. Additionally, two controls were analyzed: 6) Brachiaria perennial (BP) = Brachiaria brizantha perennial; 7) Native vegetation (NV). Service crops significantly increased aggregate stability, mean weight diameter, particulate matter and associated organic carbon, promoting the formation of large macroaggregates (0.25–2 mm and > 2 mm). This led to an increase in carbon stocks. Microbial activity expressed as hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate and acid phosphatase activity, increased in the largest fraction for all service crops. Vicia improved surface residues; on average all service crops increased the common bean yield by 107.25 %. In summary, Vicia represents the best alternative as a service crop to improve the quality and health of degraded monoculture soils. Instituto de Patología Vegetal Fil: Ducci, María Antonella. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta-Jujuy; Argentina Fil: Ducci, María Antonella. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Aban, Carla Luciana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta-Jujuy; Argentina Fil: Aban, Carla Luciana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Vargas Gil, Silvina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Acreche, Martin Moises. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta-Jujuy; Argentina Fil: Acreche, Martin Moises. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Perez Brandan, Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Perez Brandan, Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Salta-Jujuy; Argentina 2024-08-08T10:05:43Z 2024-08-08T10:05:43Z 2024-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/18858 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139324001501 0929-1393 1873-0272 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105419 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I013-001, Restauración y/o mantenimiento de la provisión de servicios ecosistémicos para mejorar la productividad y/o rentabilidad de sistemas agrícolas del norte de Argentina info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PD-L03-I093, Fertilidad química, física y biológica del suelo: estrategias para mitigar y restaurar procesos de degradación info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PE-L03-I055, Abordaje para la prevención y mitigación de la degradación ambiental y la pérdida de biodiversidad en la Región NOA info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Applied Soil Ecology 199 : 105419. 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| spellingShingle | Ecosystem Services Soil Monoculture Soil Structural Units Servicio de los Ecosistemas Suelo Monocultivo Unidad Estructural del Suelo Soil Water-stable Aggregates Service Crop Biomass Common Bean Yield Microbial Activities Ducci, María Antonella Aban, Carla Luciana Huidobro, Dina Jorgelina Vargas Gil, Silvina Acreche, Martin Moises Perez Brandan, Carolina Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title | Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title_full | Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title_fullStr | Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title_short | Short-term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates, microbial C–N biomass, and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| title_sort | short term service crops affect the spatial organization of soil aggregates microbial c n biomass and microbial activities in a degraded monoculture system |
| topic | Ecosystem Services Soil Monoculture Soil Structural Units Servicio de los Ecosistemas Suelo Monocultivo Unidad Estructural del Suelo Soil Water-stable Aggregates Service Crop Biomass Common Bean Yield Microbial Activities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/18858 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139324001501 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105419 |
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